Allyson Woodard
(332 days ago)
Allyson grew up in Boise and remembers sitting awestruck through a Peregrine Fund presentation at her elementary school—a formative experience that helped inspire her interest in conservation work. She studied English and biology at Scripps College, and was delighted to join the The Peregrine Fund in 2010. In her position as Partnership Programs Coordinator for the American Kestrel Partnership, she has the opportunity to reach out to a broad audience and communicate the passion for raptors that so influenced her as a young student.
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In her free time Allyson enjoys exploring the Idaho desert, writing, rollerskates, and playing human fetch for her parrot.
- By Allyson Woodard 332 days agoInteresting tidbit, that actually helps them with their depth perception (and adults do it too, particularly while looking for prey). Each eye takes "snapshots" from two different positions, and from those their brains can accurately calculate the distance to an object. The same reason pigeons bob their head when they walk!
- By Allyson Woodard 336 days agoIf you're like me and missed the 2nd fledging, our webmaster extraordinaire, Paul, has uploaded it to YouTube: http:/
/ www.youtube.com/ watch?v=qlfWPmf1hqg&feature=youtu.be The moment he jumps is just classic. I love how two sisters look mildly alarmed but the third could care less. - By Allyson Woodard 336 days agoFledged kestrels are all hiding in trees this morning, getting used to their new lives outside the nestbox. Uploaded a couple of photos I took this morning, enjoy!
- Taylor Joray 259 days ago
Hey Allyson. Just wanted to thank you for all of your hard work and dedication you have put into getting the partnership up and running. It is an awesome project and the website is great! I'm proud to be a part of it. Thanks again!
- Allyson Woodard 343 days ago
Fabulous, we appreciate the help Jeff. There are handouts and information flyers for download under "Partner Resources," if you want to offer nestbox building instructions or the like. Let me know if I can help with anything.
- Jeff T. 343 days ago
Thanks for the welcome Allyson. I'm going to be working on incorporating the work of the Peregrine Fund with Kestrels into our raptor education programs, as well as exploring how to get more Kestrel nestboxes up in our area.
- Norm Nelson 393 days ago
My neighbors and I have decided that our Kestrels have abandoned the box.
Big noise and action 2 weeks ago then nothing, they must have been hit by owls, squirrels or snakes, but we have medal pole so not sure how this happened, sad news for us as we had cameras and HD video ready toshoot - Nez Perce National Historical Park 398 days ago
We did manage to get the boxes up! Two are currently being used, but we are not sure by what species yet.
Male Fledgling
By Allyson Woodard 336 days agoTwo Male Fledglings
By Allyson Woodard 336 days agoFemale Fledgling
By Allyson Woodard 336 days agoMale Fledgling 2012
By Allyson Woodard 336 days agoMale fledgling hiding in a tree. I don't blame him--first day out of the nestbox must be scary!
- Allyson Woodard uploaded the file Easy-access nestbox design in the group Nestboxes, polecams, and nestcams!
- Allyson Woodard posted on Wendy Bean's message board
- Allyson Woodard replied on the discussion topic interior perch in the group Nestboxes, polecams, and nestcams!
- Allyson Woodard posted on Timothy Kita's message board
- Allyson Woodard posted on Alice Droske's message board
